in the vineyard : Soil type: Hapldxeralf Aquandic Haplcdxeralf and Palexeralaf Hplic Palexeralf
Age: The grapes were harvested from two vineyards, one which was planted in 1988 and the other in 1989
Slope: The one vineyards is South-East facing and the other North-East facing which receives a lot of morning sun
in the cellar : After being destalked the skins and juice spent 24 hours in a stainless steel tank. The juice was then inoculated with yeast for fermentation. The juice was then fermented dry to less than 6 g/l residual sugar.
The wine thereafter lay on the skins for approximately one and a half weeks. The wine was thereafter racked and transferred to the stainless steel tanks. The wine then underwent malalactic fermentation in the tanks.
The wine was then racked and transferred to 225l French oak barrels where it matured for 14 months. Of the barrels used, 20% were first fill barrels, 20% second fill barrels and the remainder third fill barrels. After 14 months the wine was filtered and bottled and laid down for bottle maturing before being released for sale.